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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft has agreed to acquire GitHub; the deal could be announced as soon as Monday — - Companies are said to plan announcement as soon as Monday — San Francisco-based startup was valued at $2 billion in 2015 — Microsoft Corp. has agreed to acquire GitHub Inc. …
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| New York Times: |
Facebook's data-sharing deals with 60+ device makers, including Apple, Amazon, and Samsung, allowed deeper access to users' personal info than previously known — The company formed data-sharing partnerships with Apple, Samsung and dozens of other device makers, raising new concerns about its privacy protections.
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| Nathan Vardi / Forbes: |
Some funds founded by Nathan Myhrvold, which raised ~$3B to invest mostly in patents, had negative IRR of 15% to 24% in last decade; many key people have left — Forbes Staff Following the money trail — The other fund, Invention Development Fund, has posted an IRR of -24.7%.
Tweets: @kennwhite, @deaneckles, @wilbanks, and @fredbenenson
| Steven Sinofsky / Learning By Shipping: |
Overview of insights from Code Conference 2018 interviewees, many of whom treated the opportunity as a platform to apologize — A collection of quotes, one-liners (and apologies) that were interesting, insightful, thought-provoking from #CODECON. — The annual Code Conference continues …
Tweets: @riskreversal and @stevesi
| Zen Soo / South China Morning Post: |
Profile of Alex Zhou, who built his US-based e-commerce site Yamibuy into a $100M business by serving the untapped Chinese migrant community — Alex Zhou, chief executive of US-based e-commerce site Yamibuy, has built a business out of selling hard-to-find items for the Asian immigrant communities
Tweets: @scmp_news, @shanghaiist, and @jrichlive
| Stuart Leavenworth / McClatchy Washington Bureau: |
As DNA testing sites like Ancestry.com amass the most sensitive data of millions of people, fears abound about data breaches and changing Terms of Service — DNA for Sale — LEHI, UTAH — It markets its DNA kits with promises that tug at the heartstrings: Discover ancestors. Strengthen family ties.
Tweets: @mcclatchydc and @sleavenworth
| David Meyer / ZDNet: |
German court rules that country's intelligence service BND can spy on the traffic flowing through Frankfurt's De-Cix, world's largest internet exchange point — Vital internet hub, De-Cix in Frankfurt, has lost its fight against German intelligence services' mass surveillance.| Adrianne Jeffries / New York Magazine: |
How Right Media, a New York-based adtech company, built the first internet ad exchange in 2005 and gave birth to programmatic advertising — In celebration of New York Magazine's 50th anniversary, this series, which will continue through October 2018, tells the stories behind key moments that shaped the city's culture.
Tweets: @jarroddicker, @nigelpclarkson, @adrjeffries, and @profcarroll
| Ronan Glon / Digital Trends: |
Fiat Chrysler's five year plan: level 3 autonomy coming to most models by 2021, car sharing and in-car purchases for movie tickets, parking, and more in 2019 — The cloud of negativity surrounding autonomous and semi-autonomous cars isn't stopping Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) …
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Mashable, Detroit News, Bloomberg, and Wall Street Journal
| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Beijing-based ForwardX Robotics, maker of a fully autonomous suitcase that follows its owner, raises a $10M Series A — Autonomous luggage maker ForwardX Robotics today announced it has raised $10 million to bring its suitcase Ovis to market. At $399, the luggage can move a maximum 6.2 miles per hour … | Corinne Purtill / Quartz: |
Vermont will pay up to $10K over 2 years to those who move there to work remotely for an out-of-state employer, to cover relocation and work-related expenses — Remote workers: the state of Vermont wants you. — Starting in 2019, Vermont will pay people who move there and work remotely …
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New York Times and Business Insider
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Nokia completes the sale of its digital health unit to Withings co-founder Eric Carreel, who plans to relaunch it as a Paris-based startup by the year's end — Nokia has closed the books on its unlucky foray into digital health devices and services, and with it, a business is marking its return to the world of startups.
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